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宇宙的起源与归宿-听霍金讲万物之理 《宇宙的起源与归宿-听霍金讲万物之理》是斯蒂芬·霍金在英国剑轿大学所作的七场讲学,包含了他毕生钻研宇宙学的精华,精辟扼要。即使略具基本科学知识者,读了这七讲,对宇宙创世的奇妙壮丽,也能一窥梗概。     

Alignment between galaxies and large-scale structure

Based on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR6 (SDSS) and the Millennium Simulation (MS), we investigate the alignment between galaxies and large-scale struc-ture. For this purpose, we develop two new statistical tools, namely the alignment cor-relation function and the cos(20)-statistic. The former is a two-dimensional extension of the traditional two-point correlation function and the latter is related to the ellipticity correlation function used for cosmic shear measurements. Both are based on the cross correlation between a sample of galaxies with orientations and a reference sample which represents the large-scale structure. We apply the new statistics to the SDSS galaxy cat-alog. The alignment correlation function reveals an overabundance of reference galaxies along the major axes of red, luminous (L L*) galaxies out to projected separations of 60 h-1Mpc. The signal increases with central galaxy luminosity. No alignment signal is detected for blue galaxies. The cos(2θ)-statistic yields very similar results. Starting from a MS semi-analytic galaxy catalog, we assign an orientation to each red, luminous and central galaxy, based on that of the central region of the host halo (with size similar to that of the stellar galaxy). As an alternative, we use the orientation of the host halo itself. We find a mean projected misalignment between a halo and its central region of ~ 25°. The misalignment decreases slightly with increasing luminosity of the central galaxy. Using the orientations and luminosities of the semi-analytic galaxies, we repeat our alignment analysis on mock surveys of the MS. Agreement with the SDSS results is good if the central orientations are used. Predictions using the halo orientations as proxies for cen-tral galaxy orientations overestimate the observed alignment by more than a factor of 2. Finally, the large volume of the MS allows us to generate a two-dimensional map of the alignment correlation function, which shows the reference galaxy distribution to be flat-tened parallel to the orientations of red luminous galaxies with axis ratios of ~ 0.5 and ~ 0.75 for halo and central orientations, respectively. These ratios are almost independent of scale out to 60h-1Mpc.     

暴涨中粒子的生成对大尺度宇宙微波背景各向异性功率谱的影响

WMAP(Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe)观测得到的宇宙微波背景(CMB)角功率谱在大尺度上比广泛使用的ACDM宇宙模型给出的理论值有明显的压低.通过引入暴涨中粒子的生成过程,研究了大尺度上CMB各向异性功率谱的行为.计算表明,粒子的生成使得暴涨的原初功率谱产生了修正,从而影响了CMB的角功率谱,这样可以较为自然地得到四极矩附近的压低.     

河外IRAS暗源大尺度分布的二维分析

本文对ＩＲＡＳ暗源表中４个选区的ＩＲＡＳ星系的两点角相关函数，关联分维进行了计算，结果表明，所有选区内的星系呈现小角尺度上的成团，在较大角尺度上，分布可以用多级分形很好地表示，在更大角尺度上，用非归一星系对计数可以探测到密度分布中可能存在的典型惊讶，当取４个选区的平均值作为ＩＲＡＳ星系在宙宇中分布情况的代表时，所得结果与用全于ＩＲＡＳ点源表和其他巡天资料得到的结果一致。     

中国古代宇宙学说的历史地位

本对中国古代的三大宇宙学说－－盖天说、宣夜说和浑天说在天学发展史上的地位进行了讨论，认为浑天说以其“地在天中”的观点而显得比较成熟，与古希腊的宇宙学说相比毫不逊色。但盖天说、宣夜说的“天在地上方”的观点比较原始，不宜对其给予过高的评价。     

Abell团相关性-富度关系的统计研究

本文对D≤4,R≥0的Abell团样品和整个R≥3的Abell团样品的空间两点相关函数做了统计分析,结果表明R≥0,R=0和R≥3的Abell团的相关函数分别为175r~(-1.8),150r~(-1.8)和1900r~(-1.8)利用已有的R≥1和R≥2团的相关函数的统计结果,我们得到了Abell团的相关性幅度α与富度N之间的关系:α∝N~(1.6)。在相关性幅度的统计误差所允许的范围内,α与N之间的关系可以在宇宙弦理论中得到解释。     

河外TeV能段γ射线背景下限的估算

Fermi卫星对GeV能段的河外伽马射线背景(Extragalactic Gamma-ray Background, EGB)进行了较为精确的测量, 极大提高了对高能伽马射线背景的认识, 但是在TeV能段, 使用空间探测器进行观测非常困难, 只能依赖地面伽马射线探测器, 如成像大气切伦科夫望远镜. 目前, 对于TeV能段的河外伽马射线背景的认识还不完善. 使用有低活跃状态能谱的61个TeV源(包含2个星暴星系、6个射电星系以及53个耀变体)的累计流量给出河外TeV伽马射线背景的下限. 结果显示, 低能段(0.5--4.5TeV)流量由两个临近的耀变体Mrk 421和Mrk 501主导, 贡献了大约58%的累计背景流量; 而大于4.5TeV的能段, 由3个已观测到10TeV以上能段流量的极端耀变体H 1426+428、1ES 1959+650以及1ES 0229+200主导. 最后分别探究了星暴星系、射电星系以及耀变体对河外TeV伽马射线背景的贡献, 不同耀变体子类对河外TeV伽马射线背景的贡献以及不同红移区间TeV源对河外伽马射线背景的贡献.